Civil engineering students to showcase their
design skills in national competition
Kolkata, August 8th 2011: Rapid technological advancements, space constraints and need for multiple functionality have made the designing of steel-based structures like bridges, buildings, fabrications, industrial structures, housing complex etc., a challenging task. Engineers and designers have to design the best structures by combining technology, quality, aesthetics, functionality, ergonomics and ecology.
These high-tech construction or architecture, also known as Structural Expressionism, is visible everyday to the average person and incorporates elements of high-tech industry and technology into building design revealing the structure on the outside as well as the inside in a stylistic or aesthetic matter.
Not only there is a growing need for trained young engineers and designers but also to identify the best talents in the field and reward them. Fulfilling this need, at least partially, is the annual national-level competition on Structural Steel Design & Construction organized by INSDAG (Institute for Steel Development and Growth), a non-profit body established by the ministry of steel, Government of India and leading steel producers of the country.
Explaining the rationale of the competition, Mr Sushim Banerjee, Director General, INSDAG said, “This competition provides a platform for young students to demonstrate their talents and designing skills and also an opportunity to interact with industry experts and gain insights into the latest advancements and the required skill sets and stay abreast of the global technological advancements in civil engineering.”
The competition challenges students, working individually or in teams, to explore a variety of design issues related to the use of steel in design and construction. National Structural Steel Design & Construction Award Competition for Professionals for best steel / composite bridge, buildings, industrial structures, best large covered space structures and best special structures as well as best steel-based design for affordable housing. “The objective is to appreciate the excellence in the field of steel design and construction in India, particularly demonstrating its potential in terms of efficiency, speed, lightness, aesthetics and cost,” Mr Banerjee said.
The competition, now into its 11th Year, seeks to recognize and reward talented students of civil / structural engineering in India for excellence and innovation in structural steel design. This year’s theme - A Steel-Intensive G+6 Residential Building - is very topical and inspired by projects that are currently in great demand in the country.
A record total of 86 Groups consisting of 295 students participated all over India out of which 16 Groups (four each from East, West, North and South zones) comprising of 60 students from different engineering colleges have been shortlisted for the final round in Kolkata to be held on August 8 &9, 2011. The presentations to be made in the final round will be judged by the central selection committee comprising of four zonal jury members and two central jury members who are all eminent professors from renowned engineering colleges of the country.
The top five entries will receive cash prizes and scrolls of honour.
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For details please contact:
Mr Dhruba Bhaduri, Institute for Steel Development and Growth
Kolkata: Ph- 03324614045/4047
Website: www.steel-insdag.org
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